diff --git a/src/d_player.h b/src/d_player.h
index bb0c7676a..c899d8f0d 100644
--- a/src/d_player.h
+++ b/src/d_player.h
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ public:
 
 	bool ResetAirSupply (bool playgasp = true);
 	int GetMaxHealth(bool withupgrades = false) const;
-	AActor *PickNewWeapon (PClassActor *ammotype);
 	void GiveDeathmatchInventory ();
 	
 	void GiveDefaultInventory ();
diff --git a/src/fragglescript/t_func.cpp b/src/fragglescript/t_func.cpp
index 3358b390e..6c475c0f8 100644
--- a/src/fragglescript/t_func.cpp
+++ b/src/fragglescript/t_func.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include "g_levellocals.h"
 #include "actorinlines.h"
 #include "scriptutil.h"
+#include "vm.h"
 
 static FRandom pr_script("FScript");
 
@@ -2550,8 +2551,13 @@ void FParser::SF_PlayerWeapon()
 					if (players[playernum].PendingWeapon==wp) players[playernum].PendingWeapon=WP_NOCHANGE;
 					if (players[playernum].ReadyWeapon==wp) 
 					{
-						players[playernum].ReadyWeapon=NULL;
-						players[playernum].mo->PickNewWeapon(NULL);
+						players[playernum].ReadyWeapon=nullptr;
+						
+						IFVM(PlayerPawn, PickNewWeapon)
+						{
+							VMValue param[] = { players[playernum].mo, (void*)nullptr };
+							VMCall(func, param, 2, nullptr, 0);
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/p_user.cpp b/src/p_user.cpp
index 253809a6a..fcd81b686 100644
--- a/src/p_user.cpp
+++ b/src/p_user.cpp
@@ -938,29 +938,6 @@ void APlayerPawn::PostBeginPlay()
 	}
 }
 
-//===========================================================================
-//
-// APlayerPawn :: PickNewWeapon
-//
-// Picks a new weapon for this player. Used mostly for running out of ammo,
-// but it also works when an ACS script explicitly takes the ready weapon
-// away or the player picks up some ammo they had previously run out of.
-//
-//===========================================================================
-
-AActor *APlayerPawn::PickNewWeapon(PClassActor *ammotype)
-{
-	AActor *best = nullptr;
-	IFVM(PlayerPawn, PickNewWeapon)
-	{
-		VMValue param[] = { player->mo, ammotype };
-		VMReturn ret((void**)&best);
-		VMCall(func, param, 2, &ret, 1);
-	}
-
-	return best;
-}
-
 //===========================================================================
 //
 // APlayerPawn :: GiveDeathmatchInventory